Have a Nice Day--no Problem!: A Dictionary of ClichésDutton, 1992 - Всего страниц: 454 Wake up and smell the coffee, language lovers! Here's the newest, biggest, most informative collection available of the most reviled of verbal formulas: the cliche. Most cliches started life as phrases so picturesque and quotable that they were quoted, over and over and over. With 3,000 cliches, this popular reference is the very "last word" on the subject. |
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... usually an imperative ( " Get the lead out of your feet ! " ) , seems fairly clear . There are numer- ous variants for " feet , " mostly less polite ( pants , britches , ass , butt ) , and shake is sometimes substituted for " get ...
... usually an imperative ( " Get the lead out of your feet ! " ) , seems fairly clear . There are numer- ous variants for " feet , " mostly less polite ( pants , britches , ass , butt ) , and shake is sometimes substituted for " get ...
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... usually meaning at some- one's ruin , but sometimes only at the climax of an important event . The term comes from fox hunting , where , in the eighteenth century , it denoted the presence of hunters and hounds at the killing of a fox ...
... usually meaning at some- one's ruin , but sometimes only at the climax of an important event . The term comes from fox hunting , where , in the eighteenth century , it denoted the presence of hunters and hounds at the killing of a fox ...
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... usually , quite young . The term , used most often to describe someone's extreme youth , originated in America about 1850 , when it replaced the earlier nineteenth - century hyperboles , knee - high to a mosquito , bumble - bee , and ...
... usually , quite young . The term , used most often to describe someone's extreme youth , originated in America about 1850 , when it replaced the earlier nineteenth - century hyperboles , knee - high to a mosquito , bumble - bee , and ...
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American analogy ancient Anthony Trollope appeared in John appeared in print became a cliché Bible Charles Dickens Chaucer cliché current cliché describe Dickens early nineteenth century early twentieth century eighteenth century English Eric Partridge expression appeared expression comes expression dates figuratively French George Bernard Shaw Greek heart Henry horse idea James John Lyly John Ray's Jonathan Swift late nineteenth century later literally locution meaning meant metaphor mid-nineteenth century mid-twentieth century nineteenth century nose numerous obsolescent older oneself P. G. Wodehouse person phrase play poem popular presumably proverb collection refers Roman saying seventeenth century Shakespeare simile Sir Walter Scott sixteenth century slang someone someone's survived teenth century term alludes term appears term began term comes term dates term originated term was transferred thing Thomas tion translation turn tury W. S. Gilbert William William Thackeray word writers wrote